STATESVILLE, N.C. — Ryan Millington came oh-so-close to his fourth and fifth NASCAR Whelen All-American Series wins of the season on Saturday at Hickory Motor Speedway, finishing second in twin 40-lap events at the historic .363-mile North Carolina short track.
Millington scored the poles for both races in two-lap time trials, but just came up a touch short in race trim, running a strong second to track veteran and current points leader Dexter Canipe Jr. in both sprints.
“We were just missing that last little bit,” Millington said. “We had a really good race car in both races over the weekend, and I was really happy with the handling. We laid down two really good laps in qualifying and I hate we couldn’t quite turn those into wins. I think we had enough to do it and it was just a few little things that kept us from being that last little bit better.”
“It’s still a great outing for us though, and I’m optimistic we can get a few wins before the end of the season. Thanks to my dad and all the guys on the crew that help make this car go fast each week, as well as my sponsor TAO TAO USA. We’ll be back in victory lane soon.”
By virtue of the two second-place finishes, Millington continues to hold down second place in both the track’s overall late model point standings as well as the Paramount Kia mini-series standings.
Millington was also in action in his SKE mini-outlaw kart on the dirt last Wednesday at Millbridge Speedway, running solidly in the top 10 of the Open class A-Main before late-race problems with three laps to go derailed him to a DNF in 16th.
Follow Millington on Facebook by searching Millington Motorsports, and for more information on driver and team, visit his website at www.RyanMillington.com.
About Ryan Millington
Ryan Millington is an accomplished 14-year-old racer from Statesville, North Carolina. Growing up in a family with a background and love for the sport, Ryan has already been a winner on both dirt and pavement, competing in several different types of cars.
Millington has won over 80 races in go-karts on dirt and has also won on INEX legends cars on pavement. In 2015, Ryan had legends car wins at Charlotte Motor Speedway and Anderson Motor Speedway, and scored a mini-outlaw win at Millbridge Speedway on the dirt.
The personable teenager has also had multiple poles and three victories to date in the Millington Motorsports No. 17 late model stock car. 2016 sees Ryan and the team concentrating on building their late model program out of their shop in Statesville, N.C.
Ryan’s promotion and coaching is handled by veteran Performance Coach Tom Baker of Team Full Throttle in Charlotte, N.C. His marketing partners include Scott Millington Motorsports and TAOTAO USA Inc.
CREDIT: Millington Motorsports
